The earliest stages of ideation can be both the most exciting and the most challenging part of the design process. Ideas flow ...

Cities are inseparable from fast-paced lifestyles. Rising rents and “not-that-small” apartments characterize urban environments, perpetuating the chase for “bigger, faster, and more”. As economies ...

Design for human flourishing (DfHF) as an architectural design approach is still in an embryonic stage and in need of a theoretical foundation. In this paper, two concepts are put forward on which to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Architects have traditionally focused on design at the ...

Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects returns to AD to discuss Zaha Hadid's iconic career and how her work revolutionized the way architects design today. Known for her logic and gravity ...

[Image: courtesy Paul Howard Harrison] Among those field testing these tools are architects and designers. Some are beginning to use them as powerful new avenues for visualizing early stage concepts, ...

Andrew Holder has been named chair of the Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design (GA/LA/UD) department in the School of Architecture after a competitive international search.